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Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole

The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.

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Rachel Maddow & Pete Buttigieg skewer 'sloppy' Trump team for firing nuclear safety staff

Maddow and Buttigieg each recently ripped into DOGE for its decision to fire 350 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal.

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Rachel Maddow urges Americans to consider ‘Who benefits?’ from Trump’s war with Iran

Rachel Maddow calls out MSNBC for axing nonwhite hosts: ‘That feels indefensible’

What MSNBC did was “not the right way to treat people, and it’s inefficient, and it’s unnecessary, and it kind of drops the bottom out of whether or not people feel like this is a good place to work,” the prime-time host said.

MSNBC revamps weekend morning show with two prominent Black gay men as cohosts

Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels will host The Weekend alongside Jackie Alemany.

50 Most Influential LGBTs in Media

Getting high-quality news coverage is more important than ever, and here are the out professionals who bring it to us.

Rachel Maddow snags 2025 Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in political journalism

The accomplished lesbian MS NOW anchor will be honored with the award in Washington, D.C., alongside NBC’s Peter Alexander, CBS’s Scott Pelley, and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.

Rachel Maddow confronts Kamala Harris on not picking Pete Buttigieg as her running mate because he’s gay

"To say that he couldn’t be on the ticket effectively because he was gay. It’s hard to hear,” Maddow told the former vice president.

Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole

The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.

Rachel Maddow sees Americans’ active resistance as key to overcoming Donald Trump’s strongman game

"The opposition to him is the most important thing," the award-winning journalist told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.

Rachel Maddow says we’re in an ‘attempted authoritarian overthrow’

"The was no learning," Maddow told Colbert about Donald Trump's competence.

Rachel Maddow rattles off how people ‘disapprove’ of Trump’s chaotic, dark & failing first 100 days

She pointed out how in almost every metric Donald Trump is losing.

Bad Wisconsin cop’s tattoo claim helped deport gay asylum-seeker to Salvadoran prison hellscape: report

Sacked after a drunk driving incident, the former officer now helps deport people from the U.S.

Gay Venezuelan asylum-seeker ‘disappeared’ to Salvadoran mega-prison under Trump order, Maddow reveals

The man came to the United States seeking safety. Instead, his lawyer says he was "disappeared."

Rachel Maddow & Pete Buttigieg skewer 'sloppy' Trump team for firing nuclear safety staff

Maddow and Buttigieg each recently ripped into DOGE for its decision to fire 350 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal.

Watch Bishop Budde tell Rachel Maddow she’s received ‘death wishes’ over Trump ‘mercy’ sermon

The Episcopal Bishop of Washington discussed her historic sermon that the president called “nasty.”

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Rachel Maddow

What MSNBC did was “not the right way to treat people, and it’s inefficient, and it’s unnecessary, and it kind of drops the bottom out of whether or not people feel like this is a good place to work,” the prime-time host said.

Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels will host The Weekend alongside Jackie Alemany.

Getting high-quality news coverage is more important than ever, and here are the out professionals who bring it to us.

The accomplished lesbian MS NOW anchor will be honored with the award in Washington, D.C., alongside NBC’s Peter Alexander, CBS’s Scott Pelley, and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.

"To say that he couldn’t be on the ticket effectively because he was gay. It’s hard to hear,” Maddow told the former vice president.

The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.

Devin Nunes sued the award-winning MSNBC host in 2021, when he was still a member of Congress.

"The opposition to him is the most important thing," the award-winning journalist told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.

"The was no learning," Maddow told Colbert about Donald Trump's competence.

She pointed out how in almost every metric Donald Trump is losing.

Sacked after a drunk driving incident, the former officer now helps deport people from the U.S.

The man came to the United States seeking safety. Instead, his lawyer says he was "disappeared."

Maddow and Buttigieg each recently ripped into DOGE for its decision to fire 350 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal.

The Episcopal Bishop of Washington discussed her historic sermon that the president called “nasty.”